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TUMBLE
spill, tumble, fall
(noun) a sudden drop from an upright position; “he had a nasty spill on the ice”
tumble
(noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
tumble
(verb) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
tumble
(verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
tumble
(verb) put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; “Wash in warm water and tumble dry”
tumble
(verb) fall suddenly and sharply; “Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency”
tumble
(verb) throw together in a confused mass; “They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern”
tumble
(verb) roll over and over, back and forth
tumble, topple
(verb) fall down, as if collapsing; “The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
(verb) fall apart; “the building crumbled after the explosion”; “Negotiations broke down”
whirl, tumble, whirl around
(verb) fly around; “The clothes tumbled in the dryer”; “rising smoke whirled in the air”
topple, tumble, tip
(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tumble (plural tumbles)
A fall, especially end over end.
A disorderly heap.
(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
Verb
tumble (third-person singular simple present tumbles, present participle tumbling, simple past and past participle tumbled)
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
(intransitive) To drop rapidly.
(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g, gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
(intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
Synonyms
• (to have sexual intercourse): bump uglies, have sex, roll around; see also copulate
• (to make disorderly): mess up, touse
Source: Wiktionary
Tum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling.] Etym: [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]
1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.
Tum"ble, v. t.
1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tum"ble, n.
Definition: Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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